IL-17A Autoantibody Induced by Recombinant Mycobacterium smegmatis Expressing Ag85A-IL-17A Fusion Protein

Appl Biochem Biotechnol. 2015 Aug;176(7):2018-26. doi: 10.1007/s12010-015-1697-9. Epub 2015 Jun 6.

Abstract

Interleukin-17A is a newly described proinflammatory cytokine, which plays important roles in autoimmune diseases as well as asthma. In current work, we constructed a recombinant plasmid pMFA42S-Ag85a-IL-17a by inserting fusion gene Ag85a-IL-17a into shuttle vector pMFA42S, which was transformed to Mycobacterium smegmatis by electroporation to obtain recombinant M. smegmatis named rMS-Ag85a-IL-17a. The comparison of growth pattern between M. smegmatis and rMS-Ag85a-IL-17a suggested fusion gene had no significant influence on the growth of strains, and rMS-Ag85a-IL-17a expressed fusion protein Ag85A-IL-17A which had good immunogenicity revealed by Western blot. M. smegmatis and rMS-Ag85a-IL-17a were performed to intranasally immunize mice; then, antibody response in sera was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Our findings demonstrated that rMS-Ag85a-IL-17a could induce specific IL-17A autoantibody in mice, which laid the foundation for further study.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acyltransferases / genetics*
  • Acyltransferases / immunology*
  • Animals
  • Antigens, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Antigens, Bacterial / immunology*
  • Autoantibodies / immunology*
  • Female
  • Gene Expression
  • Interleukin-17 / genetics
  • Interleukin-17 / immunology*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Mycobacterium smegmatis / genetics*
  • Plasmids / genetics
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / genetics*
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / immunology*

Substances

  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • Autoantibodies
  • Interleukin-17
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Acyltransferases
  • antigen 85A, Mycobacterium tuberculosis